I am absolutely sure Double Dragon II:The Revenge & TMNT III: The Mahatten project will both
make the list once i get around to playing them. For now....

1. TMNT II: The Arcade Game - (Arcade)
THIS, was absolutely amazing to experience back in the Arcades during it's hay day, since everybody(including moi) was so used to being stuck in 8-bit la la' land. The superior graphics, exciting SFX and wonderful sountrack were pure Arcade Bliss. Best Arcade beat em' up ever. It also generated tons of kiddies at my local Chuck E Cheese's. Poor little 'Donkey Kong' got the shaft. The turtle craze was just too MUCH for the classics.

2.TMNT II: The Arcade Game (NES)
3. Double Dragon
4. TMNT IV: Turtles in Time
5. Battletoads
6. Final Fight
7. Streets of Rage
8. The Simpsons (Arcade) - (Don't feel quite as strongly about it as I once did)

As big of a Turtle fan that I am, I have to admit though that TMNT IV: Turtles in Time is pretty overrated. But having said that I still love it, I just find it to be one of the easiest beat em ups out there.

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As big of a Turtle fan that I am, I have to admit though that TMNT IV: Turtles in Time is pretty overrated.

i have to agree. i have it and i feel the same way. good game but yeah

the_shpydar wrote:
As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)

@WaveBoy Did you never play Streets of Rage 2? If so, you desperately need to fix that.

I know Streets of Rage 2 is considered by many the best of the 3 SOR games And possibly thee' best beat em' up to grace the 16-bit console wars, but it just didn't hit me the same way the original did. SOR2 improved on practically everything(Aside from not bringing back that awesome special move involving the cop car!) , but it just didn't seem quite as fresh or exciting compared to the original. Had i not played SOR and jumped right into SOR2 instead my feelings would easily differ. As is, SOR was one of the first Genesis games i ever played, so my curiousity and excitement based on what this new 16-bit machine could DO was a lot higher. My memories with the original SOR involved a friend and I watching the first Ghostbusters movie on VHS, Pizza + Chocolate twinkies and Streets of Raging' all freakin night. lol

SOR2 came at a time when I eventually grew tired of the 2D Brawler genre...And when SOR3 came out, i didn't even have the urge to complete the 2nd level. SOR3 felt cheap, the soundtrack was a mess, the cast of characters was less interesting, the graphics even managed to look worse than SOR2's and there were so many duplicates of the same enemy on screen. The ability to run was a nice addition, I'll give it that...But i should resserve judgement since, ahem, I only played up to the 2nd level!

Maybe I should toss aside that Mega Drive nostalgia and play all 3 SOR back to back on the Wii's VC.....Nahhh, I think i'll hold off, I've got better beat em ups to play that I haven't played like Double Dragon II and TMNT III: The Manhatten project!

the_shpydar wrote:
As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)

@ogo79
Brewster of Rage is the only Beat em up I'd ever need. But alas, I'm stuck with my repo cart of Rivery City Urcle.

the_shpydar wrote:
As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)

I am in a scrolling beat em up mood at the moment, been playing loads over the last few weeks. I have no idea what my ten favourite games are but Street Gangs/River City is an absolute classic that I was playing at work today. Batman Returns on the SNES is superb, as is Return of Double Dragon and I really enjoy Turtles. Streets of Rage 1-2 are games I love too but Final Fight is something I find to be insanely boring and overrated.

If any of you guys are as big a fan of Double Dragon as me then you really should play Double Dragon Advance sometime.

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